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Konrad Wimpina - Epitoma bellorum Alberti Saxoniae ducis. Beautiful incunabula edition from 1497. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE INCUNABULUM CONTAINING WIMPINA'S POEM OF PRAISEFOR ALBERT III DUKE OF SAXONY IN LATIN !! FULLY RUBRICATED COPY WITH WOODCUTS !! Title: Illustrissimi (...) principis Alberti Saxonie ducis (...) Bellorum illustriumque actorum Epithoma.Author: Konrad Wimpina (i.e. Konrad Koch) (c. 1460-1531) (Theologian from Leipzig, scholastic of the counter-reformation, first headmaster of the Viadrina University in Frankfurt, Oder)Place of Printing / Publisher / Year: Leipzig, (Wolfgang Stöckel), 1497 (HC 16203, Goff W53) Format: 4to (7.4 in x 5.6 in)Collation: 58 leavesBinding / Condition: Blind-stamped modern vellum binding. Place of printing and year gilt-stamped on spine. All edges red. New endpapers made from beautiful marbled paper. The binding is scarcly rubbed or bumped. The back joint is minimally cracked. Six leaves with blindstamp from the library of Captain F.H. Huth. Some leaves a little cropped. Almost throughout with fine, contemporary handwritten annotations between the lines. Five leaves browned (mainly at margin), but not brittle. The rest of the paper appears extraordinarily fresh and is completely free of stains. The title page and leaf A2 are facsimiles. Overall, this rare incunabulum is in good condition. The copy is complete. An impressive example of early printing due to the high quality of the paper and the freshness of the print and the rubrications.Price references and documented locations: Currently, t is no other copy offered on the international market. Moreover, t are only three copies in public libraries worldwide, two of them in England (Bodleian Library, Oxford and British Library, London) and, astonishingly, only one single copy in all German libraries, namely in the Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek in Göttingen. Description, contents and further details: The Epitoma bellorum Alberti Saxoniae ducis is a Latin poem composed in hexameters. It was written by Konrad Wimpina in honour of Albert III Duke of Saxony (1443-1500). Furthermore, the incunable contains reports of Albert's wars in Lower Germany as well as the Flamish and Frisian regions. The book is printed in a Gothic type with 19 lines on each page. Many pages have printed annotations at the margins. T is a large hand-painted initial with ornaments in red and blue on leaf C6 verso. In addition, the book is fully rubricated (printed initials and paragraph marks) and contains further large initials in red. Furthermore two impressive woodcut illustrations are included in the incunabulum. The facsimile title page shows Albert III in full armor with a Saxon coat of arms. The last page shows Wolfgang Stöckel's printer's mark with two coats of arms.Konrad Wimpina (i.e. Konrad Koch) (c. 1460-1531) started his studies in Leipzig in 1479 and received his master's degree in 1485. He went on to teach at the University of Leipzig and began studying theology at the same time. He was appointed professor in 1491 and became headmaster of the university in 1494. He received his ordination to the priesthood in 1501 and a doctorate in the following year. Not only Wimpina's scientific achievements were manifold, he was also a great organizer. This caused Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg to appoint him the first headmaster of the Viadrina, the newly-founded university in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1506. In this position Wimpina managed to attract 46 masters and doctors to teach at the new university. He personally was one of the leading professors but he was also committed to introduce scholarships and to stabilize the institution's organizational structures. As a theological opponent of Martin Luther, Wimpina wrote many essays and pamphlets against the Protestant teachings. These were collectively published under the tit... 
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